2.0.0 Apricot

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Pacstall v2.0.0 Apricot

This update is a major update focusing on quality of life features and enhanced functionality. Users can update from pacstall 1.5.1 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall master, or reinstall using the deb file.

Users

Features

• Local repository support by @D-Brox (feat: support for local repos #601)
• All pacscript functions now run inside a set -euo pipefail environment by @D-Brox (fix!: use bash -ce for pacscript functions #543, fix!: Replace -ce with -ceuo pipefail #608, fix(pacstall): export DISABLE_PROMPTS #610)
• Redesigned update command output by @henryws (feat(update): display useful links and update status #588)
• Display version changes on upgrade by @henryws (feat(upgrade): show version changes #603)

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Additions

• Better help command output by @henryws (feat(pacstall): spruce up help message #575)

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Bug fixes

• Restore sane stty configuration after updating by @D-Brox (fix: remove insane stty bug on update #577)
• Check gitlab on check_url in case of github ping failure by @wizard-28 (fix(pacstall): check gitlab on check_url failure #589)

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Developers, Developers, Developers...

Changes

• Only install pacdeps if they aren't already installed by @D-Brox (fix: messages on pacdep install/upgrade #595)
• Write error messages to stderr by @wizard-28 (fix(pacstall): write error messages to stderr #585)

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Bug fixes

• Skip replace variable if package is already installed by @D-Brox (fix(install-local): skip $replace check if package is already installed #582)
• Remove useless sudos in codebase by @henryws (fix: remove useless sudos #566)

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How to use new features

Local repositories

In order to use local repositories, they must follow the pacscript repo structure, described here. If your repository is located at /home/user/local-repo, you can add it through multiple methods:

# File URI Scheme
pacstall -A file:///home/user/local-repo

# Absolute path
pacstall -A /home/user/local-repo

# Home-relative path
pacstall -A ~/local-repo

# Relative paths, eg.:
cd ~/local-repo && pacstall -A .
cd ~/other-dir && pacstall -A  ../local-repo

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Redesigned update flag output

When updating Pacstall using the -U flag, the output will now contain more information than before. Nothing needs to be done in order to use this feature, except for your Pacstall version being 2.0.0 or higher, then execute the command:

pacstall -U

# If you are using a dev build, update to the master branch using
pacstall -U pacstall master

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Version change on upgrade

When upgrading packages on your system, Pacstall now shows the version change between your currently installed version, and the remote one.

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This discussion was created from the release 2.0.0 Apricot.